Chapter 602 Source of Life

  The sound of the rumbling machine began to roar in the camp.

  Wang Gong and others commanded the drilling rig and were drilling the first motorized well in the base.

  It is now the dry season here, and there are no rivers here at all. There is only a seasonal river when the rainy season comes.

  This well has been under construction for a week, and its depth has exceeded 100 meters, but it still hasn't reached the water layer.

   "Wang Gong, why don't you change to another place?"

  When the workers took turns to rest, the project leader handed Wang Gong a cigarette. He was not very optimistic about this place.

  The geological structure here is a bit different from that in China, and his previous experience is a bit useless, but generally speaking, at this depth, water should have come out long ago.

   "It's the water layer!"

  Over the workbench, there were suddenly excited shouts from the workers.

  The crowd couldn't help but cheer up, and surrounded them with a clatter.

  As long as there is water, this place will be completely alive.

  At this moment, Liu Qingshan is not at the station. The medical team he leads is sending medicine to the countryside in the tribe of Evera in the west.

  Accompanying them is a band of four, who also experienced life along with them. This is a rare life experience for them.

  Among the goods shipped this time, there are a lot of medicines, accompanied by two doctors and several nurses, and one of them is a Chinese medicine doctor.

  The tribe that Everya incorporated is far worse than Chief Adu, and can't even solve the most basic food and clothing.

  The skinny little black boy can be seen everywhere in the resident.

  The poorer they are, the less able they are to resist diseases. According to Evera, their tribe has lost almost half of its staff in recent years.

  At this moment, on the folding bed in front of Liu Qingshan and the others, there is a little black boy lying, so thin that his joints are abrupt, but his belly is round and bulging, like a small pot.

  The doctor who was examining him gently tapped Xiaowazi's belly, making a bang bang sound, just like beating a drum.

   "There must be parasites in this stomach, but I don't know what kind of insects are here, so it's not easy to prescribe the right medicine."

  Dr. Hu who treated Xiaowazi was also a little embarrassed.

  He is a Chinese medicine doctor, in his forties, and works as a barefoot doctor in the countryside, so he happened to be invited here.

  Liu Qingshan thought for a while, and asked the nurse to bring over a pack of packaged medicinal noodles. This is an insect repellant produced by Jiapigou Pharmaceutical Factory. It seems to be prepared by the dumb grandfather. It is very effective against various parasites.

  In China at that time, due to poor sanitation and medical conditions, there were many people with worms in their stomachs, especially children.

  The more popular anti-worm medicine is sugar tart. Many children eat it as a snack. In fact, it is specially used to treat roundworms.

  But the sugar syrup is only effective against roundworms, while the one brought by Liu Qingshan is equivalent to a broad-spectrum insecticide.

   "Oh, it's produced by Jiapigou Pharmaceutical, so the effect should be good."

  When the doctor saw the manufacturer, his confidence immediately increased, and he tore open a packet, which contained reddish-brown medicinal noodles, mixed it in a bowl, and asked the little black boy to drink it.

  When making this medicine, in order to suppress the bitter taste, a lot of sucrose was added to it, so it tasted a little sweet, and the little guy was quite excited to drink it.

   After licking the bottom of the bowl clean, the little guy ran away with bare feet, chasing after those little friends, still talking in his mouth, probably to show off the delicious food he ate just now.

   Everyone looked at each other, feeling inexplicably sad.

  After a short while, a few more children ran over, patted their stomachs and said that there were bugs inside.

  There are no advanced instruments here, and the doctor can only ask while checking, such as whether they have excreted worm eggs during defecation, and children can't understand it.

  While grinding here, a **** man ran over in a panic. He was Dalu, the second-in-command in the tribe.

   This guy made gestures, saying that his wife was going to have a baby, but after several hours of giving birth, he couldn't give birth.

  There is no hospital here, let alone a maternal and child health center, so a woman giving birth is basically equivalent to walking through the gate of hell.

   Even if a child is born, due to limited conditions, the proportion of premature death is very high.

  When everyone heard this, they didn't dare to neglect, and hurriedly followed Dalu.

  Arrived in front of the small hut where he lived, there were bursts of wailing inside. Dr. Hu was about to step in when he was brought back by Dalu's big hand:

  You are a man, what do you want to do in there?

   I had no choice but to call a nearly thirty-year-old female nurse Xiao Wang in. This guy used to work in the village health center, and delivered babies a lot.

  After the female nurse Wang Chunying went in, she ran out in less than a minute, with a sallow complexion and a terrified expression.

   "How is it?" Dr. Hu asked quickly.

  He knew that Nurse Wang had also seen some scenes, and now that she was frightened like this, the situation was probably not good.

   "I... haven't seen it clearly yet."

  Wang Chunying clutched her chest, panting heavily.

  Dr. Hu couldn't help but glared at her: "Then what are you doing in there?"

  Wang Chunying stammered and said: "That parturient, that place, seems to have been cut, it's scary!"

  What exactly do you mean? Dr. Hu was also a little confused.

  Liu Qingshan understood it, he knew that, here, both men and women must be circumcised.

  It’s better for men, but it’s cruel for women.

  Therefore, Liu Qingshan explained to the female nurse and helped her with some psychological construction, and then Wang Chunying gritted her teeth and went into the straw shed again.

  In the thatched hut, there were also women wearing headscarves coming in and out, all of them looked worried, obviously the situation inside was not optimistic.

   "Master Wizard is coming!"

  Suddenly, a child yelled.

  Liu Qingshan couldn't help blinking: it was also the first time he saw a wizard here.

Accompanied by the sound of clattering, surrounded by the crowd, a middle-aged man walked over. His hair was unkempt, his face was painted gaudyly, and he wore strings of bones and shells around his neck. What kind of animal's bone stick is holding a leather drum in the other hand, banging on it.

  While knocking, the sorcerer circled around the thatched shed, shaking his long hair back and forth, making strange noises, probably doing a magic trick, praying for the safety of the mother and child inside.

   "It's too backward here."

   Looking at this scene, Jia Kui couldn't help but feel a lot of emotion.

   Liu Qingshan looked at him quietly: "Maybe our arrival can bring about some changes."

   For a while, everyone fell silent again.

   After a while, an old woman with a hood came out and muttered something to the wizard. The wizard stopped dancing and sat down on the ground, sweating profusely, completely helpless.

  Daru also completely lost hope, squatting on the ground, holding his head in his hands, and weeping silently.

  Even those children who were playing around seemed to have a premonition, they all stopped and stood behind the adults.

   Liu Qingshan saw that Nurse Wang hadn't come out, so he came to Dalu, leaned over and patted him on the shoulder: "Maybe there is still hope."

"Wow!"

  A hoarse baby cry came from the grass shed.

  The women outside all trembled and got into the thatched shed in a panic.

  Daru also stood up suddenly from the ground, clenched his fists excitedly, his eyes were wider than the eyes of a camel.

   "It's born, it's born!" A cry of surprise came from the room.

   Dalu wept with joy, and was about to rush into the thatched shed, when he heard another cry from inside: "No, the puerpera can't stop the bleeding!"

  Dalu suddenly felt his legs go limp, and fell to the sand again.

  He welcomed a newborn child, but he was going to lose his wife. Between life and death, joy and sorrow were intertwined, and he couldn't bear this blow.

   A clan member came over to comfort him: "At least one of them is saved."

  Daru could only cry silently.

   "The bleeding has stopped!" There was another shout from inside the room.

  People outside the house let out a sigh of relief, and Daru rushed into the straw shed regardless.

   After a while, the people inside came out. People gathered Wang Chunying in the middle, with very pious respect on their faces.

  Among the women's chattering narrations, everyone understood what happened: it was this nurse Wang who delivered the difficult baby first.

   Then when the mother was bleeding heavily, she gave the mother another two packs of medicine, which miraculously stopped the bleeding.

   First saved the baby, and then the adult.

  People in the tribe looked at the nurse Wang quietly. Her forehead was covered with beads of sweat, her face was still a little pale, and the blood on her hands hadn't had time to wash off.

  But in the eyes of these natives, Nurse Wang is the most beautiful and lovable person.

  Amidst the cheers, people danced around Nurse Wang.

  At this moment, she is not Nurse Wang, but Nurse Wang.

  Even the lord wizard came up, took off a string of necklaces from his neck, and solemnly hung them on the neck of the nurse king.

  Nurse Wang hasn't fully recovered from the shock, and she can't understand what the natives around her are saying.

  But she could feel the respect and love from the bottom of her heart.

  Involuntarily, a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth, with a proud smile.

   "That's great!" Jia Kui slapped his hands vigorously, a creative urge surged in his body: he wanted to write a song, a hymn about new life and life.

   "You are great!" Liu Qingshan also clapped his hands and looked at Wang Chunying with a smile.

  Wang Chunying was a little shy, because it was Liu Qingshan who gave her the hemostatic medicine she gave the mother.

  She didn't know that it was from this moment that she, who was originally the most ordinary nurse, officially started the legendary life of a nurse king.

   I don’t know how many babies were born into this world from her hands. Her hands are affectionately called "the source of life" by the local aborigines.

   With the permission of Chief Evera, Daru deliberately slaughtered two sheep.

  But before everyone had their meal, they saw two jeeps speeding towards them with sand and dust. Xiao Wu jumped out of the jeeps and ran over yelling:

   "Come out, come out!"

   "Of course they came out a long time ago, and the mother and child are safe. Our Nurse Wang is very good."

  Dr. Hu thought Xiao Wu was talking about giving birth.

  Xiao Wu was stunned for a moment: "What I said is, the well we drilled has water coming out!"

  Liu Qingshan was sitting cross-legged on the ground, when he heard the news, he immediately jumped up.

   To him, water is something that can be as precious as new life.

   So they didn't care about the meal, and everyone got into the jeep and hurried back.

  On the roof of the jeep, there were still Efuya and several of his clansmen lying on their stomachs, and they insisted on following them to open their eyes.

  They're on top of the carport, which is a real ride.

   Speeding all the way back to the Longteng station, the location of the well drilling is less than one kilometer away from the station.

   With a creak, the jeep braked suddenly, and then a few people fell from the roof, followed the front of the car, and landed on the ground.

  Efuya and the others ignored it. After getting up, they rushed towards the machine shaft.

  A large iron pipe with a diameter of one foot protruded from the ground. Accompanied by the roar of generators and water pumps, a stream of clear groundwater flowed outward.

  Efuya and others rushed to the front, all kneeling on the ground, holding cool water in both hands, buried their faces deeply in their palms, and drank vigorously.

  That trace of coolness seems to have a little sweetness, instantly moisturizing the whole body.

  Liu Qingshan also came over, took the water glass from Wang Gong, and took a big gulp: "Haha, it's delicious!"

  Everyone's face is full of joy, and they all know in their hearts: what does water mean here, it is the real source of life.

   "Stop drinking, you'll be full."

  Xiao Wu pulled Efuya up from the ground, only to find that besides the water stains on his face, there were also tears.

  I saw Evoya wipe his eyes with his sleeve vigorously a few times:

   "Liu, Wu, please make sure to dig a well for my tribe. Go **** pirates, **** drought. I want my tribe to become the most powerful tribe in Liland!"

  The news that Longteng produced water soon spread among the surrounding tribes. Chief Adu came here on purpose in a bullock cart.

   After Gu Dudu filled a ladle of water, he said on the spot: The drilling team must go to their station to dig a well, no matter how many camels are paid, he is willing.

   However, the drilling team has already gone to Evera, and it is estimated that it will be at least half a month before it is Chief Adu's turn.

  The drilling team, after the medical team, has become the most popular people in this land.

  As for Longteng's resident, people are already busy building canals and cultivating land.

  The tractor carried a five-share plow, and turned out a neat row of fields; women carried buckets, filled the dug pits with water, and then sowed seeds representing hope.

  Because of the perennial drought, special irrigation facilities will definitely be laid in the future, but now, everyone can't wait.

  The Chinese people's love for the land is also fully reflected here.

   At a place more than ten miles away from Longteng's residence, a power station has also started construction, and the entire residence is in a thriving atmosphere.

  Follow-up construction requires more manpower and material resources, and the current situation is: only input, no output.

  If it weren't for Longteng Company's strong ability to attract money, it really wouldn't be able to sustain it.

  Even so, Liu Qingshan felt that the company's property was a bit stretched, and it was already mid-June, so he had to leave here.

  (end of this chapter)